Cyanobacteria (blue-green microalgae) are ubiquitous, Gram-negative photoautotrophic prokaryotes. They are considered as one of the most efficient sources of bioactive secondary metabolites. More than 50% of cyanobacteria are cultivated on commercial platforms to extract bioactive compounds, which have bene shown to possess anticancer activity. The chemically diverse natural compounds or their analogues induce cytotoxicity and potentially kill a variety of cancer cells via the induction of apoptosis, or altering the activation of cell signaling, involving especially the protein kinase-C family members, cell cycle arrest, mitochondrial dysfunctions and oxidative damage. These therapeutic properties enable their use in the pharma and healthcare sectors for the betterment of future generations. This review provides a baseline overview of the anti-cancerous cyanobacterial bioactive compounds, along with recently introduced nanomaterials that could be used for the development of new anticancer drugs to build a healthy future for mankind.

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Potatoes: Ensuring Food for the FutureSubmit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com as emergency food rations in Ireland when the crops were burned, and hoarded in Russia where is called "second bread". Potatoes are relatively easy to grow, provide complex carbohydrates for nutrition, can be stored, and are genetically complex that allows a diversity of genotypes for any climate, culture and conditions. Being a wholesome food rich in vitamins and minerals, potato will play an important role in this scenario.One of the reasons that potatoes are popular throughout the world is that they can be vegetative propagated. This allows growers, large or small, to save some of the crop to replant as seed potatoes to both increase the food supply, and maintain a desired variety.Potato produces highest food energy per unit of land. It's a short duration crop. It has become an integral part of the Indian diet and its usage is on the rise. It is no more a vegetable crop in view of its production potential and nutritional value. However, challenges are much greater than before as we have to feed 17% of the world population from declining land and water resources. With immense potential, Potato has been declared as a Future Food crop by FAO, Rome in the year 2008, and is the major contributor towards food security. Poverty, malnutrition of our burgeoning is persistent problem of the state and Nation. Asia has some of the highest levels of rural poverty globally, combined with high malnutrition rates for women and children under 5. Therefore food and nutritional security are important state/national priorities. Potato is the most important vegetable consumed by the people which have all virtues to address the above issues. Mostly, in India potato is cultivated for table, processing and seed production. Basically potato is a crop of temperate region. However, in the subtropical plains of India Potato crop is raised when maximum day temperature is below 33°C and night temperatures are not above 20°C. In India, is cultivated in almost all the states under very diverse conditions. Nearly 85-90% of potatoes are grown, in vast indogangetic plains of North India during short winter days from October to march. About 3-4 % area under potato cultivation lies in the hills where crop is grown during longer summer days from April to October.With increasing population, the country faces the challenges of ensuring food and nutritional security. Over million people of those living in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asian, which makes it these region with the highest proportion of undernourished in relation to the total population. Put together China and India are home to around 42% of the world's undernourished people. The world as a whole produces a sufficient amount of food. However, poverty, a lack of infrastructure, and a lack of land rights contribute to the current unequal distribution. For example, women lack the possibility of owning land or property, and therefore also lack access to credit, in many countries. This illustrates the lack of fulfil...

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